Embedding RDF in SOAP

Embedding RDF in SOAP

Embedding RDF in XHTML leads to either DTD validation problems or a proliferation of DTDs with less managed and defined semantics. Embedding RDF in SOAP, however, seems to have few tradeoffs. One example of this is the W3C Mailing List Search Tool. Another is Uche's Using RDF with SOAP issue tracking example.

Tradeoffs

The only obvious tradeoff is the use of tools like code stub WSDL generators which have been programmed to have an interpretation of SOAP Encoding that maps XML data structure to data structures native to a particular programming language.